HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS
UNIX
PLATFORM |
OS VERSION |
GRAPHICS CARD |
DISK SPACE (MB) |
HP |
HP-UX 11+ |
Minimum CRX 8 Plane |
200 |
IBM |
AIX 4.2+ |
Minimum 24 Plane Graphics |
200 |
SGI |
IRIX 6.5+ |
All Graphics Boards Supported |
200 |
SUN |
SunOS 5.8+ |
Minimum Creator 3D |
200 |
LINUX
The RedHat operating system version 7.3 and above is supported. eta/DSI must run under KDE environment. The NVIDIA graphic cards are recommended.
PC/WINDOWS
eta/DSI in PC platform is compatible with PC-LS-DYNA 970. It will run in Windows 98, 2000, and XP environments. It is not recommended for usage with earlier versions of Windows. The following are minimum requirements for proper operation of eta/DSI in a Windows environment:
Minimum Graphics Requirement: XGA(1024 x 768)
Graphics Card: OpenGL based (Nvidia chip set recommended)
Minimum Memory Requirement:
Small models (under 50,000 elements): 384 megabytes RAM
Medium models (50,000 - 500,000 elements): 512 megabytes RAM
Large models (500,000 - 1 million elements): 768 megabytes RAM
Super large models (1 million to 4 millions): 1024+ megabytes RAM
Minimum Load space requirement: 256 megabytes
Recommended processor: Pentium 4